The Croppy Boy

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[VERSE 1]
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It was early, early all in the spring
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The birds did whistle and sweetly sing
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Changing their notes from tree to tree
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And the song they sang was Old Ireland Free


[VERSE 2]
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It was early, early all in the night
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The Yeoman cavalry gave me a fright
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The yeoman cavalry were my downfall
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I was taken prisoner by Lord Cornwall


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[VERSE 3]
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As I was walking up Wexford Street
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My own first cousin I chanced to meet
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My own first cousin did me betray
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And for one bare guinea sold my life away


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And as I was walking up Wexford Hill
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Oh, who could blame me to cry my fill?
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I looked behind and I looked before
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But my tender mother I could see no more


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[VERSE 5]
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And as I was mounted on the scaffold high
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My own dear father was standing by
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My aged father did me deny
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And the name he gave me was the Croppy Boy


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It was in Dungannon this young man died
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In (Prassygee) his body lies
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So all good people who do pass by
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Just shed a tear for the Croppy Boy